First record of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

  • Author(s): Legalov, Andrei A.; Háva, Jiri; Vasilenko, Dmitry V.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.
  • Title:
    First record of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Eocene Baltic amber
  • Journal Title: Ecologica Montenegrina
  • DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.88.14
  • URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.88.14
  • Volume: 88
  • Page(s): 209-214
  • Date: 2025-07-20
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  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [Open Access]
  • Abstract:

    A new species of the tribe Orphilini (Dermestidae: Orphilinae), Orphilus dudkoi sp. nov., is described and illustrated in Priabonian Baltic amber. This species differs from the recent Orphilus niger (Rossi, 1790) in having a smaller body size, wider elytra and a narrower antennal club. This is the oldest record of the tribe Orphilini and the first discovery of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 in the Eocene of Europe.

  • ISSN: 2336-9744
  • Document Type: Journal Article
  • Publisher: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology

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